This weekend Jude spent the night at Na and Pa's, AKA his favorite place in the world. And Jason and I went on a hot date. I had "nothing" to wear. Or rather, nothing new. But it was also nothing that thirty minutes at the sewing machine couldn't fix. I love me a pencil skirt, and I've been sitting on this houndstooth knit for too long. So when this great tutorial from Suburbs Mama popped up on pinterest, I knew it was meant to be. After my last skirt attempt, I knew I wanted to keep things simple ... twenty-five minutes? one seam? yes please!
One note to add to the tutorial: make sure your stretch is going hip to hip. The only thing I changed was that I simply hemmed the top with a generous zig-zag stitch and skipped the elastic, which meant I also got to skip the muffin top! Oh, and I hemmed the bottom for a more polished look. This skirt is so comfortable, it's crazy. It totally accommodated the epic proportions of that night's feast. I also love that I finally have a skirt at this length, tough to find when you're a tall gal like me. And since it's quite tight in the behind, it felt very date appropriate.
Feel free to make fun of my attempt at "modeling", and don't worry, the peeling house paint is on the list of to-do's. I hope this inspires you to make your own date skirt.
Happy Valentine's Day!
